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8.1. PENTLE'R.

SHOE CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED FEB.27 1918.

1,3 1 1-356. v K Patented July-29, A11919.

2 SHEETS'-SHEET I.

S. 1. PENTLER.

SHOE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION msn fEB.27. 191s.

` Patented July 29, 1919.

v SIGIIUND JOSEYE PENTLEB, OF WAUSAU, WISCONSIN'.

Vsnor: coNsrauc'rIo'N.

i To all whom it may concern.'

-Be it known that I, -SIGMUN .Iosnrn '1 PEN'rmR, a citizen of theUnitedStates, and

resident of Wausau, in the county of Marathon and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements' in Shoe Construction;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention consists in certain' new useful improvements in in themanner of securing the several parts ofthe same together. u

Aty the present time it is customary to insert the inner sole socklining after the shoe has beenVv lasted and the outer added. Ihis socklining must obviously be cemented or otherwise securedI in position toprevent wrinkling or the like, and inasmuch as it isv inserted. as thefinal operation the making of a shoe, it necessarily occupies a portionof the space intended for the wearers foot.

tion when the p lnlit occupy any of the foot space within said n S forto the lower .portion or soles of t other ob'ects and advan portion..

It i's one object of the present invention to build thesock into theshoe at the same time that 'the middle sole is applied; this eliminates,the heretofore necessary inal operation of cementing the sock lining.Furthermore as this sock lining is in posishoe is being lasted it willoe. A further object of the'invention is to provide an improvedarrangement for securing the shoe upper and the there-v e shoe. With'these and tages in view which' will come apparent as thedescription andoperation progresses, it will be seen that my shoe consists in cerf tainnovel combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more particularlydescribed and claimed.

In he drawingsz Figure 1 represents a side elevational view, partly inlongitud-inalfs'ection, of a shoe constructed in accordance with myinvention. f i i Fig. 2 is' a transverse sectional view through thetoeportion of my shoe.

Fig. 3 i's a similar view through the heel Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view ofthe combination middle sole and' sock lin' whichforms a portion of the invention, an

Fig. 5 is a specificano; of Letters raientshoes, particularly sole andheel longitudinal sectional view 'Patented July 29, 1919.

Application med' February 27, 1918. Serial No. 219,415. p

tlilrough a portion ofa partially completed s oe. i

,Referring more particularly to the drawings-it will be seen that thenumeral 1 designat'es the upperfof a shoe constructed in accordance within and outer cloth linings 2 and 3 respectively, a toe box 4 and acounter 5x This upper is secured by any one of the several methods atlpresent in use to a middle sole 6 or to an inner sole or socliv lining7 and said middle sole 6 is secured to an outer sole 8. The usual rubberor leather heel 9 is nailed to thin heel portion'of the outer sole andmiddle so e.

As hereinbefore mentioned one of the most important features ofthisinvention 6f`of themiddle sole 6, the toe and heel portions 7b Iand 7respectively of the sock linconsists in applying ing being free asillustrated by the dot and dash lines in Fig. l or in Fig. 4. Themiddlelsole 6 is cut in the shape of a foot as is customary and issubstantially the same size fas the outer sole 8; thesock. lining on theother hand is cu-t on the insole pattern and conseqiiently isconsiderably smaller than the middle sole although of the sameconfiguration.

After' the upper, including its linings 2 and 3 and toe and counters hasbeen fashioned .it is placed on a last and -then secured to the 'middlesole or to the sock lin- "ing 6. Fig. 1 illustrates the upper stitchedas at 11to the middle sole 6 while the inner lining 2 and the edges ofthe toe and heel boxes are bent inwardly and cemented, stitched or'otherwise secured to the under side of the sock ,linin -Tlie outerlining 3 ofthe upper, it will e noted from Fig. 1, terminatessubstantially at vthe inner edge of the toe 'box and similarly at theupper edge of the heel'box.

In Fig.' 5 the ufpper 1 as well as the heel box 5 and the lining 2 islasted in and secured as at 12 to the under surface of the sock lining7'.' In this form of my invention the middle sole 6- and sock lining 7are secured together as in the form of shoe shown-inFig.1.

The outer sole 8 is stitched as at 13 or invention having inner securedtogether not only by the method illustrated, lout/by the Goodyear weltor by f any other preferred process.

Beforethe heel ortion 7 of the s ock 1ining has the inwarY y extendingpartsof the counter andlining 2 cementedor otherwise attaehed thereto,the'jheel. 9 nailed in place. They heel portion 7 lbeing. free, it

may be moved away from the adjacent por:

' tion of the'middle 'soleso that `the nailsv 16 maybe clenched as they.project through the latter, or a temperary l,metallic 'heell plate mayJbe place'dhetween theV heelpor-vv tions of the middle 's ole andsockflinlng to turn thenails 16 as they are driven thereagrgaiiisia,Thus a nailless 'heeLseat is pro; duced.- f e lThere .are several verymaterial advantages to be vderived front-,the Seeurementofythesock'linimg; orfinner'sole and the middle sole together, prior tothe incorporation "of the latter` into a shoe' in' addition to thosealready. enumerated. For' instance, the 4sock `lining increases thestillness of the middle ysole at its weakest point and thus a thinner orcheaper grade of 4material may be used for'suchfmiddle sole. -And theedge of the sock lining prevents the upper from falling in adjacent itsattachment to the middle sole-and thereby retains the shoe in propershape. g I claimn;

In a boot or shoe, an upper, a lining therein, a middle sole ofcomparatively thinl and flexible material, a sock lining of thin andflexible material and smaller in sizev than the middle sole, anindependent row of of the shank ofthe sock linin linin and middle soleand decrease their flexibility, the edge of the 'socklining beingequally spaced 4from the edge'of the middle sole, theheel and toeportions of the former being free', means for securing the lower edge ofthe upper to the portion ofthe middle sole disposed outwardly .of theedge of the sock lining, the lower edgeof the lining `stitching securingeach longitudinal edge.

to the sha-nk .of the middlesole to Stillen' oth the sock*- of Itheupper. loeing disposed r,beneath the edge portions of the sock lining,and an outer sole of the same size as the middle sole. and securedthereto.

- In testimony that I. olaim tho forog'oing l have hereunto set my handat Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and State of Wlsconsin.`

SIGMUND JOSEPH PENTLER'.

